#housing-development

#housing-development

That effort has resulted in plans to build 11 projects and nearly 1,000 homes, Adams said in a press conference Thursday morning. "Where past administrations saw vacant lots and old office buildings, our administration saw housing," he said. He highlighted two new proposals on the Williamsburg waterfront and along the East River In East Harlem, where officials hope to build 900 and 800 homes, respectively. One-quarter of those homes would be set aside as affordable housing, Adams said.

A planning statement on behalf of developer L&Q explained the flats would form a "high-quality" development with a "high standard of residential accommodation".

Mayor Adams's Brooklyn Marine Terminal plan to transform the waterfront south of Brooklyn Bridge Park from the Columbia Street Waterfront to the Atlantic Basin in Red Hook into a mixed-use community with 6,000 new apartments and a modern marine freight hub won the required two-thirds approval from an oversight task force with local lawmakers and civic groups. The plan got through the

Plans for a new London Overground station at Surrey Canal Road have moved forward a bit after Lewisham Council approved additional funding to get the station built. The station on the Overground's Windrush line would serve the local area and a new housing development being built around the Millwall football ground. Although not included when the Overground was extended to Clapham Junction, passive provision was left to ensure the station could be added later.

New residences and apartment houses having an estimated cost of $2,869,724 today adorn the artistic hills north of the University campus which two years ago this afternoon were swept by a conflagration causing a $10,000,000 loss, the Gazette reported. Within these dwellings are furnishings far exceeding the personal property losses of the great fire. Berkeley has rehabilitated itself (in) another year there hardly will be left a trace of the terrific blow which fairly staggered the inhabitants of this college community but failed to stop its forward steps.

Crews Hill, an area with only a few hundred residents, could soon get 10,000 new homes. As reported in the Enfield Dispatch and , Crews Hill is one of two London areas apparently set to become a 'new town' over the next few years. The government's New Towns Taskforce was established in order to build up to 12 new settlements across the UK by the next election, and it reportedly has Crews Hill in its sights.

The Chronicle, which helped to sensationalize the "doom loop" narrative about San Francisco four years ago, now has a headline about the beginnings of a "boom loop." The article goes on to talk about the fact that the AI boom and rising rents still doesn't mean developers are rushing to build new housing yet. [Chronicle] The California Commission on Judicial Performance has admonished a Los Angeles County judge, Judge Enrique Monguia, for threatening to shoot defendants and attorneys, or to have them

Building new homes takes a long, long time. Often, developments get stuck in the planning system for years and years before they finally start construction, and that means housing isn't getting built fast enough to keep up with demand. But the government has come up with a scheme that it hopes will solve that. Two London neighbourhoods are among six sites in England that have just been added to the government's New Homes Accelerator programme.

The project at 5670 Camden Ave. would produce 108 townhouse units, pivoting from an initial plan of 136 residences and a self-storage center.

This project is a rare chance to meet two of our city's urgent needs at once: building housing and advancing Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway.

Wandsworth Council's growth plan aims to build over 14,000 new homes in the borough within the next decade, covering areas like Battersea, Nine Elms, Clapham Junction, and Wandsworth Town.

"The proposal represents a rare opportunity to sensitively, sustainably, and inclusively regenerate a nationally important building. It will address Hammersmith and Fulham's acute needs by delivering new market and affordable homes, and elderly care accommodation."

Cambridge has historically had a housing shortage, contributing to rising costs for both renters and homebuyers in a city with a strong job market.

The updates under consideration strike an important balance, offering developers the clarity and flexibility required to build housing in a time of dire need for more units.

Adams claimed his administration would build more housing in one term than Bloomberg and de Blasio did combined, a statement that raises skepticism due to past achievements.

Half of the country's electricity substations lack sufficient capacity to connect new developments, which has resulted in 80 families in Portlaoise waiting months to move into their homes.

Cabinet members approved a scheme to spend up to £91.5 million on building 179 new homes in Bridge Road, reducing social rent homes to 45.

The overall intent of the Village Center Master Plan is to redefine zoning for seven aging retail spaces, potentially impacting existing grocery stores in the area.

The planned demolition of the Angel Way multi-storey car park in Romford is part of a major redevelopment plan to create 106 new homes and commercial units.

Plans have been submitted to Sutton Council to demolish a house on Croydon Road, Beddington, and replace it with two new two-storey dwellings complete with garages and dedicated cycle- and refuse-storage.